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Sunday, 8 May 2011

Well, you may have noticed I've not been blogging an awful lot lately. At least I'm hoping you noticed...

I've been busy with politics but had been getting on with a few projects just before the chaos of the local election campaign began. I've been knitting my cable hottie. I love picking this up when I'm on the sofa as I know the pattern off by heart now.

I also undid a horrible v-neck jumper I knitted a couple of years ago in big wool. I finally decided I would never wear it so undid the four balls (good job too as that's worth £32). I've knitted it into a tote bag from a pattern by Kim Hargreaves:

It looks a bit of a mess at the moment as I had to improvise with the handles. I extended the pattern so the bag would be exactly A4 sized. I have a thing for A4 bags that you can slip a folder in. Don't ask me why! Perhaps it's because handbags are rarely big enough for my demands...

So anyway I ran out of dark blue wool for the handles after doing that so I had to undo a hat (which again I've never worn) for the green/blue colour to alternate for the handles. I think it should look ok. The green/blue colour will be a break from all that blue.

It was only a small-ish jumper - it was sleeveless and had a very deep v neck so it wasn't too bad. Also big wool is massive so easy to undo. I have tried to undo a DK jumper before and it was infuriating!